Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, photographed here in 1994, has drawn comparisons to Al Capone for his notoriety. Sun-Times file Criminal Justice Public Safety ...

Infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover’s first court appearance in decades may have been via video link from a prison more than a thousand miles from Chicago, but the judge’s ...

CHICAGO — Infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover is set to appear in court for the first time in decades Thursday as his long-shot bid to win freedom comes to a head at Chicago’s ...

Notorious Gangster Disciples chairman Larry Hoover was convicted in federal court in Chicago two decades ago of continuing to run his criminal empire even as he was serving a 200-year sentence in ...

CHICAGO — Lawyers representing Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover filed a motion Friday asking the judge overseeing Hoover’s request for release from a life sentence to recuse himself ...

Hoover was not accused of wrongdoing but the indictment claimed that back in September 2014, two Gangster Disciples members discussed how the founder had recently appointed them as "board members ...

Larry Hoover gets his six federal life sentences commuted by Donald Trump. Gangster Disciples Founder Larry Hoover has been granted clemency by President Donald Trump for his six federal life ...

Larry Hoover appears at Dixon Correctional Center in 1995. His leadership helped make the Gangster Disciples a criminal force, according to authorities. Chris Schneider/for the Chicago Tribune ...

If ex-Gangster Disciples boss Larry Hoover qualified, he should have gotten sentencing break The storied Chicago gang chief isn’t responsible for today’s violence. But treating him fairly ...

Chicago’s top federal prosecutor made a rare plea to a judge Thursday, hoping to persuade him against a new sentence for Gangster Disciples co-founder Larry Hoover — a move most believe could ...

Lawyers representing Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover filed a motion Friday asking the judge overseeing Hoover’s request for release from a life sentence to recuse himself due to his “vaguely ...